Posted on 02/10/2014 6:37:39 AM PST by armydawg505
WASHINGTON – An American citizen who is a member of Al Qaeda is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, U.S. officials say, and the Obama administration is wrestling with whether to kill him with a drone strike and how to do so legally under its new stricter targeting policy issued last year.
The CIA drones watching him cannot strike because he's a U.S. citizen and the Justice Department must build a case against him, a task it hasn't completed.
Four U.S. officials said the American suspected terrorist is in a country that refuses U.S. military action on its soil and that has proved unable to go after him. And President Barack Obama's new policy says American suspected terrorists overseas can only be killed by the military, not the CIA, creating a policy conundrum for the White House.
Two of the officials described the man as an Al Qaeda facilitator who has been directly responsible for deadly attacks against U.S. citizens overseas and who continues to plan attacks against them that would use improvised explosive devices.
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“They were slaughtered without any tears or reservations. Same logic applies.”
“Declared War” & a US citizen serving in a foreign army of a declared enemy. There’s a huge difference between that and sending a drone over some 3rd party country and zapping an American citizen because the president CLAIMS that he’s a terrorist. That’s Waco/Ruby Ridge stuff.
Nailed it.
so are they going to off Drudge for highlighting The Hillary Papers???
There's an app for that...
Dunno. Ask Andrew Breitbart or Michael Hastings.
oh wait
That’s when you get Congress to issue a letter of marque and reprisal in a closed session and then hire some stone-faced killers to go after the target.
Benghazi II
He’s up to finding a way to turn those drones on innocent citizens who vote GOP.
They don’t need to use a drone attack to take him out.
Arrest him and send him to Alcatraz and throw away the key.
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